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Dustin Brown posted a power-play game-winning goal in overtime on Monday against the Golden Knights and he also added an assist.

Brown has re-discovered his scoring touch after a six-game goal drought from Feb. 7-19. The veteran has lit the lamp in three of the past four games while totaling four points with 14 shots on net. The power-play points were his first on the man advantage since Jan. 2. He'll look to stay hot in the second end of the home-and-home on Tuesday in Vegas. Feb 27 - 2:13 AM

Dustin Brown found the back of the net on Tuesday.

That puts Brown just one goal away from the 250th of his career. Brown struggled offensively in recent years, but he's been enjoying a resurgence with 17 goals and 41 points in 59 contests this season. Feb 21 - 11:04 AM

Brown received a one-game ban for kneeing Tampa Bay's Mikhail Sergachev. He had two penalty minutes, three shots and five hits in 22:11 of ice time against Pittsburgh. Feb 16 - 2:52 AM

Dustin Brown took issue with his one-game suspension.

Brown is being punished for kneeing Tampa Bay's Mikhail Sergachev on Saturday. "No one knows what’s fair anymore," Brown said. "I mean, I saw it differently than they did. They thought I stuck my knee out. I felt like I was going through and he’s sidestepping me. So I hit him with my knee, yeah but it was the result of him making a move laterally when I’m trying to deliver a hit." Regardless, he can't play on Tuesday, but will return on Thursday. Feb 13 - 6:15 AM

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"I think his performance has been outstanding," Stevens said. "I think he’s a key guy in every situation you can imagine in a hockey game. He provides leadership for our team. He produces offensively. He’s a premier penalty killer in the league, a faceoff guy, a power guy, a skill guy. I don’t see any reason why he shouldn’t be in that conversation." With 29 goals and 80 points in 72 contests, this has been one of Kopitar's top seasons offensively. There's some serious competition though, including Nikita Kucherov, Evgeni Malkin, and Nathan MacKinnon to name a few.

Jeff Carter scored a pair of goals in Monday's 4-3 OT win over the Minnesota Wild.

Carter's power-play tally in the second period extended Los Angeles' lead to 2-0 at the time. He then scored the game-winning goal late in overtime. The Kings forward finished the game with a plus-2 rating, five shots on goal and one hit in 19:00 of ice time. The 33-year-old has is up to eight goals and five assists in 18 games this season. Tanner Pearson and Dustin Brown also found the back of the net during Monday's victory.

Torrey Mitchell opened the scoring with his fourth goal of the season Monday night in Chicago.

Mitchell has scored two goals over the past four games, rallying on the team's road odyssey. He was very effective in the faceoff circle, too, winning three of his four opportunities. Despite the uptick in goals lately, he remains nothing more than a depth option in larger fantasy pools.

Alex Iaffalo will be a healthy scratch in Monday's game against the Minnesota Wild.

It's the first time Iafallo serves as a healthy scratch since early January. He has nine goals and 25 points in 70 games this season. Paul Ladue, Michael Amadio and Kevin Gravel will also watch the game from the press box.

Tanner Pearson scored his 14th goal of the season in Tuesday's 4-3 shootout loss in Arizona.

Pearson posted a plus-1 rating with one blocked shot across 16:21 of ice time and he won his only faceoff attempt. The left winger has picked up the scoring pace in the month of March, scoring four goals with five points and a plus-2 rating in six outings, including one power-play goal and a game-winning marker. He is worth plucking off the waiver wire in deeper fantasy pools while running hot.

Adrian Kempe will center a line that includes Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson.

Kempe was happy to find out about the change. "I kind of like center a little bit more," Kempe said. "I'm always happy when they trust me in the middle." Kempe has gone 17 games without a goal, so perhaps this will spark something. For what it's worth, he does have eight assists over that span.

Tyler Toffoli found the back of the net in the Kings' 4-1 win over Detroit Thursday night.

Toffoli extended his point streak to three games. He's up to 23 goals and 42 points in 71 contests this season. That puts him in a tie for the second most goals he's scored in a single campaign, but he's unlikely to reach his career-high of 31 markers set in 2015-16.

Dustin Brown posted a power-play game-winning goal in overtime on Monday against the Golden Knights and he also added an assist.

Brown has re-discovered his scoring touch after a six-game goal drought from Feb. 7-19. The veteran has lit the lamp in three of the past four games while totaling four points with 14 shots on net. The power-play points were his first on the man advantage since Jan. 2. He'll look to stay hot in the second end of the home-and-home on Tuesday in Vegas.

Trevor Lewis found the back of the net in his return from an upper-body injury.

Lewis was sidelined for roughly a month. He logged 12:18 minutes in his return. "It was a great play by Carts (Jeff Carter) to get it up to me and I just shot it, saw the rebound, went to the net and got another whack at it," Lewis said of his goal. "It was fortunate it went in." He has 14 goals and 25 points in 55 contests this season.

Tobias Rieder will play against his former Arizona teammates on Tuesday night.

"It's exciting," Rieder said. "Obviously a little weird being in the other dressing room, but I'm really excited for tonight." It will also be the 300th game of his NHL career. Rieder is projected to play alongside Jeff Carter and Trevor Lewis for a second straight game.

Drew Doughty registered three assists in a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.

Anze Kopitar wasn't the only successful King on Thursday night. Doughty had a hand on three Kings goals, extending his points streak to four games in the process. The defenseman has seven points in four games. Doughty now has nine goals and 51 points in 71 games this season.

Jake Muzzin posted an assist for the second straight game on Monday against the Canucks.

Muzzin is just one helper short of a career high of 32 set during the 2015-16 season. He is also on pace for a career high 45 points, which would be four higher than his previous mark set in 2014-15. Next up is a trip to Arizona on Tuesday night. He erupted for a goal, two assists and a plus-3 rating in the team's most recent meeting with the Coyotes on Feb. 3.

Derek Forbort was scoreless with a plus-1 rating in Monday's 3-1 win at Chicago, but he was able to racked up five blocked shots and a hit.

Forbort isn't terribly reliable for offensive statistics, potting just one goal with 13 points and a plus-15 rating through 57 games. However, he has managed an impressive 108 hits with 113 blocked shots, one of just 16 NHLers with at least 100 hits and blocks this season.

Christian Folin will return to Minnesota for the first time since he became a UFA on July 1.

Folin signed with the Kings and this will be his first opportunity to play against his former Wild teammates. There is no guarantee that Folin will be in the lineup as he has been a healthy scratch on occasion but it's hard to believe that coach John Stevens will not use him in an ideal situation. Folin has three goals and 10 points in 55 games as he has been a healthy scratch in back-to-back games.

Kevin Gravel will be a healthy scratch in Monday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Gravel has three assists in 14 games this season. This is the sixth consecutive game that he'll watch from the press box. Paul Ladue and Michael Mersch will also serve as healthy scratches in this one. None of these three players will have fantasy value this season.

The Kings had a 2-0 lead in the second period, but they found themselves down 3-2 with under three minutes remaining in regulation. Los Angeles' Dustin Brown forced overtime with his goal at 19:13 mark of the period and Jeff Carter's second of the game gave the Kings the win. Quick owns a 29-26-2 record with a 2.43 goals-against-average and a .922 save percentage this season. He has three wins in his last four games.

Campbell was making just his second start since picking up an important victory for the team in Vegas on Feb. 27. He has allowed three or fewer goals in two of his three outings with the big club, and he isn't likely to make regular appearances unless disaster strikes and Jonathan Quick suffers some sort of long-term injury.